Re: csv format for psql

From: Fabien COELHO <coelho(at)cri(dot)ensmp(dot)fr>
To: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Daniel Verite <daniel(at)manitou-mail(dot)org>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: csv format for psql
Date: 2018-03-09 07:40:40
Message-ID: alpine.DEB.2.20.1803090837390.31808@lancre
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>>> About "fieldsep_csv", I do not like much the principle of having
>>> different output variables to represent the same concept depending on
>>> the format. I would rather have reused fieldsep as in your previous
>>> submission and set it to "," when under --csv.
>>
>> yes
>>
>
> how will be possible to set different separator ';'? I don't see it with
> described design

Indeed, it should be possible. I think that the following should be made
to work:

psql --csv -P fieldsep=; -c 'TABLE foo' > foo.csv

So that it can be changed the semi-colon (or tab or whatever) style if
required.

--
Fabien.

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